Grenada

One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year.

party to:

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

0-14 years:

35.9% (male 16,213; female 15,863)

15-64 years:

60.3% (male 28,460; female 25,307)

65 years and over:

3.8% (male 1,546; female 1,822) (2002 est.)

at birth:

1 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

1.02 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

1.12 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.85 male(s)/female

total population:

1.08 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

noun:

Grenadian(s)

adjective:

Grenadian

conventional long form:

none

conventional short form:

Grenada

chief of state:

Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996)

head of government:

Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 22 June 1995)

cabinet:

Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister

elections:

• none;
• the monarch is hereditary;
• governor general appointed by the monarch;
• following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general

• Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Herbert PREUDHOMME];
• National Democratic Congress or NDC [leader vacant];
• New National Party or NNP [George McGUIRE]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE

consulate(s) general:

New York

FAX:

[1] (202) 265-2468

telephone:

[1] (202) 265-2561

chancery:

1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009

chief of mission:

the ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada; Charge d'Affairs Nadia TONGOUR

embassy:

Point Salines, Saint George's

mailing address:

P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, West Indies

telephone:

[1] (473) 444-1173 through 1176

FAX:

[1] (473) 444-4820

• a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag;
• there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag;
• there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, after Indonesia);
• the seven stars represent the seven administrative divisions

lowest 10%:

NA%

highest 10%:

NA%

general assessment:

automatic, islandwide telephone system

domestic:

interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone links

international:

new SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad

total:

1,040 km

paved:

638 km

unpaved:

402 km (1996)